Women under 50 with rheumatoid arthritis are at greater risk of breaking bones than women without the condition, according to a Mayo Clinic study being presented at the American College of Rheumatology annual scientific meeting in Chicago. Men with rheumatoid arthritis also are in more danger of fractures, but that risk seems to surface when [...]

Psychologist and child development author Dr. Gregory Jantz endorsed a recent major policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics that urges parents to keep their children “screen free” during the first two years of life. Television, video and computer programs – including ones purportedly designed for infants and toddlers – have no educational benefits [...]

X-ray images known as CT scans can help confirm gout in patients who are suspected of having the painful condition but receive negative results from traditional tests, a Mayo Clinic study has found. The type of CT scan analyzed, dual-energy computed tomography, is also valuable for diagnosing people who cannot be tested with the typical [...]

Anthelio announced results of an original survey completed with Community Hospital 100 to measure the financial health of community and rural hospitals. Community hospitals account for the largest sector of the U.S. healthcare system with 73 percent of the total registered hospitals in the U.S. having 300 beds or less. The survey provides insights into [...]

Initial findings from a research study funded by the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA), the first-ever to use pooled data from five industry-sponsored treatment trials, will be presented during the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Rheumatology being held in Chicago, November 7-10, 2011. The study examines the effect of background medications taken [...]

The holiday season is upon us. Before planning that Thanksgiving dinner or Black Friday shopping spree, put a flu vaccination at the top of the list. Flu vaccinations are the first line of defense for staying healthy during the flu and holiday season. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), flu activity [...]

Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered why measles, perhaps the most contagious viral disease in the world, spreads so quickly. The virus emerges in the trachea of its host, provoking a cough that fills the air with particles ready to infect the next host. The findings may also help in the fight against ovarian, breast and [...]

-Less than one-half of American workers living with diabetes find they have what they need in the workplace, according to a recent poll of dLife members. dLife, the leading community network and resource for people living with diabetes, is committed to helping people with diabetes fully understand their legal workplace rights, better manage their condition [...]

Decision Resources has published a study that says that the breast cancer therapy market will decline to $9.3 billion in 2011 before rising to $10.6 billion in 2020 in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan. The findings from the Pharmacor topic entitled Breast Cancer reveal that declines in sales, [...]

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced that the Department’s Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Task Force has completed the draft of a comprehensive report that will outline how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) addresses the concerns of Veterans who deployed during the Gulf War in 1990 and 1991. “This report provides a roadmap [...]